Chris Armas has left the building, not by choice. Still, Toronto FC’s former head coach was front and centre in absentia Tuesday.
Armas was axed the day after Saturday’s humiliating 7-1 loss at D.C. United, which represented TFC’s heaviest-ever margin of defeat. Toronto (1-8-2) has lost six straight, is winless in seven and languishes in the 27-team league basement.
“As players, as a team, as a club, you deal with the consequences with the aftermath of a (losing) period like this and of a game like that,” captain Michael Bradley said Tuesday. “And obviously the hardest part is Chris pays the worst price — somebody who has done nothing but spill his heart and soul into the team and the club since the day that he got here.